[metapost] MetaPost 0.992 and %&latex

[Hans Hagen]

Karl Berry wrote:
>     Your texmf.cnf needs an additional line containing
>        TEX = pdfetex
>
> Or you could set the environment variable TEX to pdfetex (I believe), if
> editing the right texmf.cnf is not obvious.  (Running
>   kpsewhich texmf.cnf  should tell you.)
>
>   
> Taco, does the new makempx expect $TEX to create a .pdf, or still a
> ..dvi, or does it matter?  The --help message (unchanged as far as I can
> recall) mentions .dvi but not .pdf.
>
> If it's supposed to be a .dvi, I surmise that TEX should be set to
> "etex" rather than "pdfetex", since "pdfetex" creates a pdf by default.
> Unless makempx does something to force dvi mode.
>
> Sorry if I'm missing something.
>   
hm, i was under the impression that pdfetex produces dvi by default (unless one makes a format with pdfoutput=1 and sets up the associated macro package to spit out literals instead of specials etc) 

Hans 


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